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"Stand up!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

Yan Xueyi walked into the conference room of the Ministry of Military Affairs (there is only one Ministry of Military Affairs, and there is no military affairs department or military administration office at the city and county levels), Cheng Ying, minister of the Military Affairs Department, and a group of young staff officers from the General Staff Office stood up and saluted Yan Xueyi, and Yan Xueyi also returned a standard military salute. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Yan Xueyi's visit to the Ministry of Military Affairs was a surprise attack, and he didn't tell anyone in advance, and Cheng Ying, the Minister of Military Affairs, was only a little surprised, and then returned to normal, and the high-ranking officials of Siqi Province all knew that their king (King of Han, Wangshang, this title should be okay) usually spent most of his time with his wife, and today he actually took time out to come to the Ministry of Military Affairs.

The young staff officers of the staff office looked at Yan Xueyi with a kind of fanaticism, in other words, Yan Xueyi was their faith, and they were eager to get close to this "great leader" who was about the same age as them.

"Everyone sit, you continue, and I'll listen." Yan Xueyi said with a smile, and then casually walked to an unmanned chair and sat down.

"Yes, sit down!" Cheng Ying said in a loud voice unique to a soldier.

I saw Cheng Ying and a group of staff officers sitting down together.

"Continuing with the topic just now, Mao Lin, what kind of way should we deal with the current situation?" Cheng Ying asked.

A young man about twenty-one or two years old with slightly dark skin stood up and said: "The Ministry believes that we should fight and defeat the arrogance of the Manchu Tartars, which can not only make the Manchu Tartars fear our Han army and make them dare not act rashly, but also enable the recruits to receive actual combat training and grow rapidly. ”

"Well, sit down, Ke Yunlu, tell me about your thoughts." Cheng Ying continued.

Mao Lin sat down, and the same young man who was about the same age as Mao Lin but was a little thin stood up and said: "The Ministry thinks that it is okay to fight, but it should be beaten lightly, as long as the Manchu Tartars are afraid of our Han army, and then use public opinion propaganda to propagate the idea of expelling the Tartars to the Manchu officers and soldiers......

Yan Xueyi knew from the conversation between Cheng Ying and the young staff officers that they were discussing the situation that the province was now facing.

Now there are 20,000 Han troops stationed in four directions in Siqi Province, but the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which had been defeated before, made a comeback under the command of Li Hongzhang.

More than 200,000 troops have gathered in the six provinces of Shaanxi, Susu, Hunan, Hubei, Yunnan, and Guizhou, and several gunboats of the Beiyang Naval Division are patrolling the Yangtze River to prevent the four provinces from coming into contact with the outside world from the Yangtze River.

Of course, don't look at the Manchu Qing Dynasty's mobilization of more than 200,000 troops to besiege Siqi Province this time, in fact, these 200,000 troops are much weaker than the 150,000 troops led by Zuo Zongtang, and there are very few elite officers and soldiers in these 200,000 troops, probably less than 20,000, more than 100,000 ordinary green battalion soldiers, and the rest are all militias recruited on the spot.

If it is said that the elite officers and soldiers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty will be defeated when more than half of them are killed or wounded, and ordinary officers and soldiers will be defeated when they are killed or wounded by one-third, then the militia that has not been recruited for a long time is afraid that they will be defeated after only one-fifth of the casualties, and even at the sight of blood in the front, some militiamen are so frightened that they dare not walk.

The 200,000 Manchu army, which was so weak, could only be obediently stationed in some of the cities closest to Siqi Province, and did not dare to cross it at all, for fear of provoking the "short-haired thief" on the opposite side and attacking them directly.

In the eyes of the Manchu officers and soldiers, the "short-haired thief" was a fierce god and evil spirit, and the strength was infinite, and he had to eat people alive and man, and there was only one way to die when encountering the "short-haired thief", so the Manchu officers and soldiers stationed in various cities basically did not dare to approach the four provinces, which had become their forbidden place.

Li Hongzhang, who holds great power, naturally knows this situation, but he doesn't have too many methods, he can't defeat the elite army of "short-haired thieves", and he can only use the number of people to top it for the time being, 100,000 is not enough, then 200,000, then 200,000, then 500,000, 500,000 is not enough, 1 million, anyway, now that he has a lot of silver in his hand, an army of one million can be easily formed.

After that, something happened that made Li Hongzhang angry, and the rebellion broke out again, and Yang Changjun, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, who was guilty of meritorious service, led the army to pursue and suppress the bandits in Shaanxi and Gansu, which was regarded as training.

By the way, in order to win over the Hanchens, Cixi rewarded Zuo Zongtang who died in battle, and Yang Changjun and others, who were originally dismissed from their posts and investigated, all took their crimes and made meritorious contributions, so that the Hanchens were more loyal to the Manchu court and swore to serve the Manchus.

Li Hongzhang knew that no matter how many militias there were, they would not be able to withstand the 20,000 elite army of "short-haired thieves", so Li Hongzhang had been planning to train 100,000 new troops, and as long as the 100,000 new troops were trained, the extermination of the "short-haired thieves" was just around the corner.

With the help of the British, the plan to train the new army is slowly unfolding, and it is expected that the 100,000 new army will be composed of 20,000 soldiers from the Eight Banners and 80,000 newly recruited Han Chinese, and the British instructors will be in charge, and the selection of soldiers in the new army is very strict, and if you want to complete the recruitment of the 100,000 new army, you will have to wait at least until April next year, and in addition, the advanced firearms used by the new army will also need to be shipped from the British mainland, and it will take several months, so the training of the new army must take your time.

Li Hongzhang also knew that it was impossible to succeed in training the new army in a day, and that it would take a long time of training to obtain an elite army, so before the new army was completed, it could only recruit a large number of militiamen to guard various places to prevent the "short-haired thieves" from continuing to expand their territory.

Li Hongzhang also did not understand how the "short-haired thief" suddenly retreated to Siqi Province after defeating the Manchu 150,000-strong army, and the spies sent to Siqi Province did not get reliable information.

The ambitious Li Hongzhang did not know that at this time, a small meeting was held within the military and political department of the "short-haired thief" he called the "short-haired thief", and it was talking about how to deal with the Manchus.

Mao Lin, Ke Yunlu and other young staff officers said their thoughts one by one under Cheng Ying's name, Cheng Ying did not comment on whether it was right or wrong, but patiently listened to the dozen or so young staff officers say it one by one.

The staff officers of the staff office are relatively young, they are equivalent to Cheng Ying's students, after studying in the staff office for a period of time, they will be sent to the troops, personally lead the troops, in the eyes of some people, to be able to become the staff officers of the staff office, the future is ambitious, after all, their teacher is the deputy commander of the Han army Cheng Ying (the commander of the Han army is Yan Xueyi), with a background and strength, and will definitely rise all the way in the future.

To be able to become the staff officers of the General Staff Office, Mao Lin, Ke Yunlu and others are also very lucky, and even more fortunate that they are still in close contact with Wang Shang today.

What Mao Lin, Ke Yunlu and others didn't expect was that today's discussion meeting, which was originally similar to usual, was not so simple.

"At the end of today's meeting, after the meeting, you will each sort out a copy of what you have said at today's meeting and hand it in." Cheng Ying said.

"Yes!" All the staff officers said in unison.